Africa vs Sweden: Barley — Yield
Barley — Yield over time
- Africa
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 4,446 kg/ha against 1,669 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 2,777 kg/ha.
That makes Sweden's figure about 2.7 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 26th of 30 groups.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 742.82 kg/ha | 2,844 kg/ha | 2,101 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1970s | 854.81 kg/ha | 3,319 kg/ha | 2,465 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1980s | 944.67 kg/ha | 3,607 kg/ha | 2,662 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1990s | 973.38 kg/ha | 3,992 kg/ha | 3,019 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1,040 kg/ha | 4,178 kg/ha | 3,138 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1,412 kg/ha | 4,640 kg/ha | 3,228 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1,527 kg/ha | 4,465 kg/ha | 2,938 kg/ha | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — yield, Africa or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 4,446 kg/ha against 1,669 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — yield between Africa and Sweden?
- 2,777 kg/ha, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Sweden rank globally for barley — yield?
- Africa ranks 28th and Sweden ranks 26th of 30 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Barley — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.